Uncertainty at the BoJ,
Some Action at the Fed

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Imagine the stock markets' reaction to the prospect of a leadership vacuum at the Federal Reserve, especially in these financially turbulent times. Now look at today's 1.6% rise in Japan's benchmark stock index, on the same day the country's opposition-dominated upper house of parliament scuttled...